Final cut: Mr Jones (2019)
A film about George Orwell, Lloyd George, Maxim Litivinov and the Ukraine famine? SIMON MATTHEWS has a look.
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Owen Smith: The end is Nye
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‘Danger to democracy’: A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
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I knew Owen Smith. Owen Smith was a friend of mine
ROGER HERMISTON wishes he had one fruity anecdote about the would-be Labour leader, but he doesn’t. Continue reading
Trump v. Corbyn: The quiz
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Bits of Britpop: Part 3
PAUL SAFFER celebrates music by Sleeper, The Other Two, Helen Love and Kenickie. Continue reading
Proud to be British
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Obscure Olympians 8: David Bond
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Labour leadership elections: Part 4
The Labour Party under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn in the final part of ALWYN TURNER’s series. Continue reading
Railtracks of our tears: Corbyn and Veblen
DAN ATKINSON on the Labour leader, the idiosyncratic economist and rail nationalisation. Continue reading
Pick of the pops: A Song for Jeremy
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